[plug] finding the news server in netscape

[Chris Cornish]

---jon kitchin <jon at barney.webace.com.au> wrote:
>
> my ISP set me up with MSIE3 for ,y Windows 3.1
> so it is reliable but the webace news server only has about 100
newsgroups
> and nothing for linux or amateur radio or cancer
> so it happens to be the cheapest ISP in town so I have to use dejanews
> to get my newsgroups. But this is in windows 3.1
> so I have got slackware 3.5 and red hat 5.2 up and running
> 
> I have tried the preferences but it will not accept news.netscape.net
> nor will it accept news.webace.com.au
> does the netscape provide its own news groups or is it meant to access
> the newsgroups of my ISP???
> I can set the news group in netscape with either mail.netscape.net
> or else the IP for my ISP's proxy or nameserver
> but netscape cannot find the news server
> 
> I can send mail OK as the mail group accepts mail.netscape.net
> 
> does the netscape news server have a special name ??
> like it calls its news groups discussion groups.
> but I have not tried setting the news groups to
discussions.netscape.net
> 
> it seems to be full of no nos.
> 
> does anyone know what I should be doing??
> 
> jonathan kitchin
> jon at barney.webace.com.au
> 
> 
try news.git.com.au  it has amuture radio linux and probally cancer
discussion groups in it ok i hope this assits you i use it with no
probs under netscaspe and emacs :)

Chris Cornish
Linux Computer World
0416 369 180
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